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I go rigid.
I don’t like being touched, being covered in a man’s scent before I even know his name.
“Put her down, Max,” Scorpio barks. “You’re making her uncomfortable.”
“Truly?” Holding me a foot off the floor, he lifts me out like he’s checking out a picture frame. “My bad. I was too excited to meet my daughter-in-law.”
The bottom falls out of my stomach, probably making an acid stain on the carpet.
Daughter-in-law?
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